Louisiana Tech finished its class last Wednesday on National Signing Day with 25 total signees. Several of Tech's signees signed on Junior College signing day. Tech signed 12 Junior College players in total and 13 high school players. [details]

2006 (Freshman): Started eight games for Louisiana Tech while seeing action in all 13… Finished with 11 solo tackles and 27 assisted stops… Intercepted one pass in a loss to Nebraska… Totaled seven tackles in a win over North Texas… Finished with five tackles in a loss to Fresno State… Finished with four tackles four times.

Personal: 2007: Started 11 games...missed one game due to injury...totaled 42 tackles, 15 solo and 27 assisted...had 6.5 tackles for loss and three sacks...tied his career-high with seven tackles against Central Arkansas...had a career-high two tackles for loss at Cal... 2006: Started eight games for Louisiana Tech while seeing action in all 13 ... Finished with 11 solo tackles and 27 assisted stops ... Intercepted one pass in a loss to Nebraska ... Totaled seven tackles in a win over North Texas ... Finished with five tackles in a loss to Fresno State ... Finished with four tackles four times ... High School: Lettered four years for coach James Marcantel at Pickering High School in Louisiana ... Started all four years on the defensive line for the Red Devils ... Helped lead Pickering to the District 5-2A title in 2005 ... Named first team all-district three times ... Named to the All-West CenLa team three times ... Named to the Alexandria Town Talk's All-CenLa team three times ... Named to the American Press All-Southwest Louisiana team twice ... Named the District 2-5A defensive player of the year as a junior ... Named the defensive MVP as a junior on the All-CenLa, All-Southwest Louisiana and All-Vernon Parish teams as a junior ... Registered 80 tackles, (35 solo), five tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior ... Also played basketball for four years ... Threw the shot put on the track and field team for four years ... Was the district champ in the shot as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior ... Won the Louisiana Class 2A state title in the shot put as a junior and senior ... Getting Acquainted: Son of Anthony and Lidia Smith ... Has one sister, D'Atra ... Born June 9, 1988, in Berlin, Germany

Smith displays a good first step off the snap and has the burst to cross the face of the opposing line and then surge up the field. He displays a good combination of power, burst and leverage when shooting the B-gap and can simply dip his shoulder and drive his way to the QB. He doesn't do a great job using his hands but possesses a lot of power in his upper and lower body. He coils up into his stance well and exhibits a muscular lower half. Smith has the ability to manhandle and throw guards off his frame, but needs to learn to do a better job extending his arms and using his hands to slip blocks. Also, his pad level tends to get higher and higher off the snap as he wears down. He's doing a much better job keeping his base down through contact on his bull-rush and driving opposing linemen into the pocket. He needs to do a better job using his hands to protect his legs inside. Smith is powerful and can hold up vs. the run game one-on-one inside.